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01 Record

CVE-2020-8221

A path traversal vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 which allows an authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files via the administrator web interface.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: hackerone
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 which allows an authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files via the administrator web interface.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 82.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
4.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-07-30 12:53Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 09:56Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-01-28
Assigning CNA
hackerone
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
60294df751236c654d4f9498d361ae6d8b2f5e18c0a75e08757a03db43880298

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aPulse Connect SecureFixed in—

06 References